Results From The Fortnite Summer Smash in Australia This Weekend

Fortnite invaded the Australian open this weekend with the Summer Smash tournament. Here's what happened.

Fortnite Esports came to Australia this weekend with the Summer Smash. The event featured a $500,000 solo event which marked the largest Esports prize pool in Australian History.

The solo series kicked off as Renegades pro Jesse "X2Twins Jesse" Eckley set himself apart from the rest of the field. Essentially, he won the whole tournament in the first three games by securing three Victory Royales in a row.

His strategy was obvious from the start - go for placements over kills. X2Twins Jesse won his first two games without even getting a kill. The final standings for the solo event looked like this:

1. X2Twins Jesse: $100,000
2. Araki: $50,000
3. NotNaapr: $50,000
4. TheSchnake – $25,000
5. Gosu_Keith – $25,000
6. Jynx – $25,000
7. Dolf – $5,000
8. DevourOCE – $5,000
9. Kayez – $5,000
10. Tayler_ is _ me – $5,000

There was a Pro-Am event following the solo tournament, but most of the American fans were asleep at this point. Renegades completed their clean sweep of the competition when MrFreshAsian secured the $50,000 charity prise. Jesse's brother, X2Twins Jordan, also showed out in the Pro-Am

What a day for #RNGFortnite at the #AusOpen #FNSummerSmash! Each of the boys turned up and showed the world what they're capable of and we couldn't be more proud.

A huge thanks to the fans, the crowd, and everyone involved ?? #ytb pic.twitter.com/1NPLpZZvtK

— Renegades (@Renegades) January 27, 2019

It's good to see Fortnite Esports coming to a new audience, but there were certainly some problems throughout the broadcast. The audio was bugged at certain points, and spectator mode left a lot to be desired.

The spectator mode in Fortnite is still under development, and it's far from perfect. The health bars weren't accurate through the first stage of nearly every game, removing some of the intrigue going into each fight.

There was also a ton of downtime during the event. It felt like there was a half hour between every match, which lead to the solo event lasting nearly five hours.

This wasn't the most entertaining or bug-free Fortnite Esports event we've seen, but it's still a work in progress. Next up is the ESL Katowice Royale in Poland.

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